A Wild Passage with Rachael Duffy and Brian Stafford MD, MPH

23 - 30 April 2025

Giraffe View, nr Plettenburg Bay

with Brian Stafford MD MPH and Rachael Duffy 

Video https://youtu.be/YdNHswebtA4

This is both foundational and adventurous. Remember, life is a wild adventure. and this program is a great starter to rewild one’s life. Many, if not most of us humans, have been domesticated and indoctrinated by homes, schools, churches, and offices – we’ve lost our wildness. We have forgotten that our primary place of belonging is the Earth community. This program is a step back into wildness, a pilgrimage into wild places, and an awakening from our anthropo-centric slumber.

We will venture into wildish places leaving our previous identities behind. We will engage in conversation with each other, but in a sacred circle. We will engage in conversation with the wild ones (dragonfly, raven, river, giraffe) whose ecosystem we are stepping into. We will engage in conversation with long-forgotten aspects of ourselves – our muse, our wild self, and our innocent child. We will converse with the sun, the moon, the stars, the rain, and the ancestors.

Various practices that open us up to our senses, our wild connection with Earth, and the imagination, will help us re-enter the magic of our lives. We will engage in Wild Mind, Eco-Awakening, and Soulcraft practices, such as council, talking across the species boundaries, deep imagery, eco-poetry, dance and other embodied movement, and soulcentric dreamwork.

The culmination of this journey is a 24-36 hour wilderness solo where you might be welcomed homed by Earth, heal your rift from the wild, and propel you into the joy of what it is to discover the sacredness of the Earth and the Self, and the grief of what is happening to Earth, her species, and our people.

The guides will help you track patterns of awakening and protection, from your dreams and wild conversations. They will offer you group and uniquely crafted invitations for your solo. A particular self-designed ceremony on the solo will likely deepen your connection with Earth and awaken you to the sacredness of everything.

When you return from this wild awakening, you won’t likely desire to go back to the old Self. You might feel the urgency of the times. You might know that, as the poet Mary Oliver says, “It was late enough.”

This intensive is designed for those called to rewild their Self and the world, for the ones who are curious about what the Earth really is, and about who they really are. It is also a great step into the wild and for those who have spent little time in nature, a great precursor to most of our deeper programs and the Animas Quest.

Participants bring their own breakfasts and lunches and evening meals are shared in cook teams.

Early-bird: Bookings by 03 February

SA and SADC residents: Camping: R9750

Shared accommodation: R12,500

Single accommodation: R14,500

Internationals: 

Camping: R15,250

Shared accommodation: R18,000

Single accommodation: R20,000

Price: 

SA and SADC residents

Camping: R11,250

Shared accommodation: R14,000

Single accommodation: R16,000

Internationals: 

Camping: R16,750

Shared accommodation: R19,500

Single accommodation: R21,500

Please enquire about bursaries available to BIPOC individuals

Book both A Wild Passage and Soulcraft Intensive and receive 10% off both programmes.

For booking please send an email to rachael@soulnature.co.za